Discover New Color Trends for 2009: A Painting Contractor Provides Tips

17-05-2022

For the painting contractor who understands color trends and pays attention to what’s happening in their market, they can’t help but conclude that color is more important than ever to the homeowner. If any painting contractor or homeowner doubts this, they simply browse through some of the most popular home furnishings stores. Chances are, he’ll find up-to-date color charts and books from major paint manufacturers to help customers coordinate colors and furnishings.

Paint manufacturers depend on accurate color forecasting.

Paint manufacturers spend enormous amounts of money studying and interpreting color trends. If they fail to get the colors right during a trend change, it will mean a huge loss of sales for their competitors whose color palettes reflect the change in color trends. Paint manufacturers will not only lose direct sales to the homeowner, they will also lose many sales to the painting contractor looking to make their customers happy. Getting your color palettes right is paramount.

Paint manufacturers determine color trends by studying the following social dynamics.

1. The economy

2. Policy

3.Technology

4. Lifestyle issues

5. The green movement 6. Pop culture

The above list is just some of the most important dynamics that are considered in their studies. From these studies one thing has become clear about the year 2009; color is going to be very popular.

Major paint manufacturers are introducing lines of similar colors.

Due to my trade, I am exposed to new color palettes and the new color trends they represent. In fact, there has been a change in the colors that are in demand. If you compare the Rohm & Hass Paint Quality Institute color forecast to the color palettes of Benjamin Moore, Pittsburgh Paints, Porter Paints, and Sherwin Williams, you will find many similarities in the colors offered.

An international association of design professionals called The Color Marketing Group, which is responsible for staying on top of color trends, predicted that in spring 2009, consumers will turn to pinks with a bluish tint, earthier greens and the bright yellows, turquoises, magentas and the brightest whites.

The Green Movement is having an impact.

Almost all color collections have been influenced by environmentalism. Some paint companies are naming green as the new neutral shade. Eco-friendly colors of fern, palm, sage and pine hues mixed with light blues or aquamarines for an outdoorsy feel. Combining warm browns with sandy tans to project an eco-friendly aura will be popular.

Another example of the trend is a Benjamin Moore color called Split Pea. Split Pea is predicted to be one of his hottest colors in 09.

Sherwin Williams’ director of color marketing says that people’s taste for the color green is shifting to greens with more gray tones.

Similarly, the Porter Paints and Pittsburgh Paints “Voice Of Color” program features the following highly diverse ecological palette of colors.

1. Warm fair trade organic colors

2. Eco Techno balance between basic and neutral colors

3. EcoLoco colors of bold pink, blue and orange meet acid green symbolizing expressions of freedom.

4. Vintage colors feature a wintry palette of pale spidery blue to papery that turns creamy yellow with age

Rich and relaxing colors are going to be popular. Rohm & Hass has a color palette called Returning Home that features rich cranberry reds, pumpkin orange, warm browns, and deep blues. Similarly, Benjamin Moore has a color palette called Homey that includes color names like Cherokee Brick, Gypsy Pink.

The plum and violet colors continue their majestic influence, however, the orange is becoming more muted and a bit more elegant.

Those leading the fashion pack (designers, architects) are putting more emphasis on cleaner, less confusing colors of dark greens, periwinkle, mauve, and a mid-neutral with clean colors of red, yellow, green, peach, and blue.

My recommendation as a painting contractor to the trend-conscious homeowner is to first find out when the new color charts will be displayed at your major paint stores, and then compare colors from 3 or 4 different paint manufacturers. An analysis of these color palettes will give you an idea of ​​the color trends of the near future.

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